Name:
Quercus pagoda - Quercus nigra / Halesia diptera - Ilex decidua / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum - Dicliptera brachiata Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
The canopy of this East Gulf Coastal Plain creek and small river bottomland forest is dominated by some combination of Quercus pagoda, Quercus nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus michauxii, Pinus taeda, and Quercus laurifolia. Other canopy species include Ulmus alata, Ulmus americana, Quercus lyrata, Fraxinus americana, Celtis laevigata, Liquidambar styraciflua, and others. The subcanopy is well-developed and contains species such as Carpinus caroliniana, Halesia diptera, Cornus florida, Acer rubrum, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Carya laciniosa, Morus rubra, Acer rubrum var. trilobum, Cercis canadensis, and Acer barbatum. The diverse and variable shrub layer may contain Symplocos tinctoria, Euonymus americana, Ilex decidua, Aralia spinosa, Alnus serrulata, Halesia diptera, Hamamelis virginiana, Crataegus marshallii, Lindera benzoin, Nyssa sylvatica, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Asimina triloba, Forestiera ligustrina, Diospyros virginiana, and Rubus argutus. In addition, Sabal minor may be in some stands and can be the dominant shrub. Woody vines may include Toxicodendron radicans, Bignonia capreolata, Berchemia scandens, Campsis radicans, Gelsemium sempervirens, Vitis rotundifolia, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax rotundifolia, and Cocculus carolinus. The sparse to moderately well-developed herbaceous stratum contains species such as Apios americana, Arundinaria gigantea, Boehmeria cylindrica, Botrychium dissectum, Commelina virginica, Carex spp., Chasmanthium latifolium, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Dichanthelium sp, Dicliptera brachiata, Elephantopus carolinianus, Polygonum virginianum, Passiflora lutea, and Mitchella repens. This forest occurs on terraces, and possibly second bottoms, of creeks and small brownwater rivers of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and southern Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain. Flooding is annual, but the water table usually is well below the soil surface throughout most of the growing season.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.24228.QUERCUSPAGODAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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